The only known way to get Lyme disease is from the bite of an infected tick, with the only exception being the child in utero: the infection can pass from a pregnant mother to her child. There has been speculation about possible sexual transmission, transmission by biting insects (mosquitos, fleas), transmission by contact with or by ingesting body fluids, however no firm evidence is yet available. The bacteria that cause Lyme disease are not often found in blood or other body fluids, except for a short period immediately after the infection, so it is unlikely that these modes of transmission are common.

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Originally posted by patdetweiler:
treepartol-Would you be alarmed if bitten by a flea from a cat who has fleas who goes in and out in ne Pa? Pat

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Pat, I would!
I fully believe Lyme can be transmitted by fleas. Think about it. If a flea bites a cat who has Lyme, then bites you, would you possibly get Lyme? I say it's very possible.

I THINK this is the link which states it's possible. I had another link to an article which states the same thing, but the link is no longer valid.

The cause and spread of Lyme http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/032259.html

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Originally posted by patdetweiler:
treepartol-Would you be alarmed if bitten by a flea from a cat who has fleas who goes in and out in ne Pa? Pat

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I would be worried somewhat if you have lyme because if the flea's are carrying infections or say lyme or cat scratch fever, they have found RM spotted fever in PA also tularimia.

Five years ago I would have laughed that off but not what I know now. Blood born patogins are rampant. Heres a look just at 2004 MMWR's from cdc.

CDC MMWR 04 05

AUTHOR AFFILIATION:

Microbiological Services Division, Bureau of Laboratories, Texas Department of Health, Austin.

SOURCE: Am J Trop Med Hyg 1991 May;44(5):469-74

"The Texas Department of Health Laboratory cultured arthropods from November 1988 through December 1989 in an attempt to isolate Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease. Spirochetes were isolated from eight of 1,093 pools of arthropods cultured. The spirochetal isolates were from several tick and one flea species, including Amblyomma americanum, A. maculatum, Ixodes scapularis, and Ctenocephalides felis. These 8 isolates reacted specifically when treated with monoclonal antibodies to B. burgdorferi. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of six lysates showed them to be virtually identical with strain B31 of B. burgdorferi."
http://www.canlyme.com/flealyme.html

Isolation of Borrelia afzelii from overwintering
Culex pipiens biotype molestus mosquitos.
During the years 1995-1996, a total of 1,743 overwintering Culex pipiens biotype molestus female mosquitoes were tested for the presence of spirochetes in several localities in South Moravia, Czech Republic.The spirochetes were observed in 5% of the mosquitoes investigated. One of the five isolated strains of spirochetes (BR-84) was identified as Borrelia afzelii. The potential role of mosquitoes in the ecology and epidemiology of Lyme disease (LD) borreliae should be further investigated.

Halouzka J, Wilske B, Stunzner D, Sanogo YO, Hubalek Z Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno.
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